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1 . Manuscript is double-spaced with 12-point font.

2 . The order of the manuscript is title page, abstract and keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgments, references, and tables and figure legends. All pages are numbered consecutively starting from the title page.

3 . The title page include article title, authors’ full name(s) and affiliation, address for correspondence (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address), running title (less than 10 words), and footnotes, if any.

4 . The Abstract has structured format for original articles and an unstructured format for case reports with maximum of 250 words, including key words as in MeSH.

5 . The word count is for the main text only, exclusive of title, abstract, references, tables, and figure legends is presented on the title page.

6 . All tables and figure numbers should be found in the text.

7 . The reference items are listed in the correct format and all references listed in the references section are cited in the text.

8 . The covering letter states that the manuscript has not been published previously, and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere. It discloses conflicts of interest of all listed authors, if any.

9 . A title for each table and figure is written in a brief phrase of 10 to 15 words.

10. All authors must read the manuscript and agree with the submission.